Making Pickups - Pluckers Paradise

RE: Making Pickups

Bill Flude — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:53:54 +0000

Worth watching stuff on YouTube to get some tips on winding - also on how to take what you have wound and make it into a pickup. I haven’t found much to explain how number of turns of wire, strength of magnet etc change the sound of a pickup....

RE: Making Pickups

Boo — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:06:46 +0000

@petersoyanov There is loads of stuff on eBay for pickup winding. A friend of mine is developing a winder but he is still waiting on a digital counter he ordered weeks ago. I think it’s from China and with COVID, things are not moving as fast. Stew Mac is excellent but but with trading tariffs, it’s expensive to have things shipped. I’m sure we can all make our own pickup winders, it’s just a matter of being patient, one day soon we will have the technology.

RE: Making Pickups

Bill Flude — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:33:42 +0000

Brocott.co.uk was where I got mine - I have used 42 AWG.

0.063mm (42 AWG) or 0.056 (43 AWG) enamelled wire on 500g drum.....

My winder works and has cost about £50 to build - will need to practice wiring coils but you only waste the wire if you go wrong.

Hope to test my first coil soon...

RE: Making Pickups

Petersoyanov — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:16:56 +0000

oh boy!

Electronics aren't my strongest part. I would not try and build something like this on my own. Although I have my eye for a while on the stewmac's DIY winding kit. it's around 300 bucks and maybe I get it as a cristmas present :) Interested if you guys know any closer supplier for wire or how else I can search for it (other than pickup wire).

RE: Making Pickups

Bill Flude — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 20:22:27 +0000

I have the P90 bobbin wound but have not made further progress because I haven’t got a a guitar to try it in.........

I have an old Strat shaped body that I have started to attack - I have removed wood from between the pickup routs and towards the upper waist so that pickups can be fitted to test without removing the strings - I have a neck and bridge as well - will have to work on ideas to mount pickups and to connect wires.

RE: Making Pickups

Anonymous 14142 — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 13:22:28 +0000

@frocesterbill

Hi Bill,

I'm doing the same, making pickup winder to make my own pickups, and waiting on parts from china. I'd be interested to see how you get on.

cheers

RE: Making Pickups

Deej — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 10:29:32 +0000

Awesome @tv1010101

RE: Making Pickups

Bill Flude — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 20:18:13 +0000

Would be good to get to grips making pickups with an pro....

RE: Making Pickups

tv1 — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 19:38:48 +0000

Posted by: @david-johnson09

Posted by: @tv1010101

If anyone's interested ...

Ash - who is Oil City Pickups - is planning on running some Build Your Own PickUp courses when Covid19 permits. He's based in East London, and is a great guy who really knows his stuff. I'm down as a pre-launch guinea pig, if we ever get back to anything like the old-normal.

Defo be up for that..is it being advertised? Is there somewhere yo can put your name down. I’ve always liked the idea of making my own pickups.

Not being advertised yet.

I think they were hoping to get it up and running late Q1 or early Q2. But then lockdown happened and all plans were put on hold. I should be an early test pilot, so when that happens and he confirms that it's a viable thing to do, I'll do a post here and let you all know.

RE: Making Pickups

Deej — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 19:35:23 +0000

Posted by: @tv1010101

If anyone's interested ...

Ash - who is Oil City Pickups - is planning on running some Build Your Own PickUp courses when Covid19 permits. He's based in East London, and is a great guy who really knows his stuff. I'm down as a pre-launch guinea pig, if we ever get back to anything like the old-normal.

Defo be up for that..is it being advertised? Is there somewhere yo can put your name down. I’ve always liked the idea of making my own pickups.